Captain Ahab and his crew have sailed into the Winspear Opera House for the world premiere of “Moby Dick,” a new work by Jake Heggie.
Friday night, The Dallas Opera will put on the very first production of the operatic version of Herman Melville’s classic, to much critical acclaim from all across the seven seas. Heggie is no amateur to composition, which is readily apparent from the acclaim he received for his previous work, “Dead Man Walking.” For this production he has taken on librettist Gene Scheer (from “Thérèse Raquin” and “An American Tragedy”) as his first mate.
TDO has brought in one of the world’s leading heldentenors Ben Heppener as the vindictive Captain Ahab to lead the all-star voyage. Although who (or what) will play the elusive white whale is not listed on the website, we can only hope that he leave a few bass notes to serenade us.
